DARKROOM AUTOMATION
State of the art products for the traditional photographic darkroom. Darkroom Automation and its parent firm, Cleveland Engineering Design, have been designing equipment for graphic arts and photographic darkrooms since 1979.
f-Stop Enlarging Timer
F-Stop timing is the logical and easy method for controlling print exposure; it is taught in the books and workshops of master printers and is ideal for the Zone System. With the Darkroom Automation f-Stop Timer you work in stops just like you do with your camera but with 1/10th of a stop precision. You make dodges, burns and nested burns in stops that automatically track the base exposure. It is the only timer with a dedicated dodging feature. It automatically generates test strips in equal tone intervals ... and many, many more features.
Memories, Channels, Split Filter Printing...
- Store the workflows for each of your prints in its 300 step memory. Make multiple prints with ease and design dodge and burn schemes adding one step at a time. Incredible burning flexibility. Easy to program with prompting display.
- Split filter printing. Link channels for individual control of exposure and contrast. Dodge and burn with high, low, both or fixed contrast filtration. Dodges and burns can track base or contrast channel. Prompts for filter changes.
- Paper speed adjustment; Cold-light delay; Progressive or integral test prints; Seconds timer mode; Preferences.
- Optional footswitch available
- 5 Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Precision Enlarging Meter
Darkroom Automation's combination enlarging meter and densitometer provides 0.01 stop (0.003 OD) resolution over a ten stop (3.0 OD) range. It is the highest precision meter you can buy.
Key Features:
- Used as an enlarging meter it makes it easy to hit highlights and shadows on the first print and its exclusive delta mode quickly determines paper grade and burn and dodge exposures.
- Used as a densitometer it shows negative density, either absolute or over base + fog.
- The combination makes it the ideal instrument for the Zone System. The meter works as a system with the Darkroom Automation F-Stop timer but can be used with any analog or digital timer. Absolute factory calibration means all meters read the same – great for large commercial and university darkrooms.
- 5 Year Manufacturer's Warranty